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NHL notes: League to seek approval of Phoenix Coyotes sale

QMI Agency

Sunday, July 28, 2013
9:24:03 EDT PM

A lone Phoenix Coyotes fan awaits the start of Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference hockey finals against the Los Angeles Kings in Glendale, Arizona, in this May 15, 2012 file photo. (REUTERS/Todd Korol/files)

The sale of the Phoenix Coyotes may soon clear one of its final hurdles.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told Fox Sports that the league will seek approval from the board of governors for the team’s sale this week.

Earlier this month, Glendale, Ariz., city council approved a lease deal with Renaissance Sports and Entertainment for the management of Jobing.com Arena. Such a deal was necessary to keep the team in Arizona otherwise risking relocation.

All that’s left is to push the sale through -- a process Daly said is “still moving” forward.

The NHL has been trying to sell the team since buying it out of bankruptcy in 2009.

KANER BE GOOD

This time, Patrick Kane intends to stay clean.

The 24-year-old Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy winner plans to dial back the amount of fun he’ll have in the off-season.

Kane acknowledged his past experiences, which include countless photographs of him partying and an infamous altercation with a cab driver, put him under a lot of scrutiny.

“It’s hard to the point where there’s so much social media and so (many) cameras and people who want to take pictures where anything you do is going to be under the microscope and people are going to record it,” Kane said.

“Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that."

TOOTOO TRADE?

Jordin Tootoo could be headed back to Nashville.

The Detroit Red Wings are in talks to trade the hard-hitting winger to the Predators, according to multiple reports. The Wings may seek to move more than one forward in the trade.

The only problem is, the Preds are loaded up front. The club already has 14 forwards signed and under $5 million in salary cap space.

Tootoo is signed for two more years with a cap hit of $1.9 million.

The Wings, on the other hand, won’t be able to take on more salary as they’re just $1 million under the cap.

Tootoo had three goals and five assists and 78 PIM in 42 games last season.